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AWS1 Medford MM Tribune I The Weather Prediction Trace Maximum . 75. Minimum ? 11.3 Weather .Year Ago tolly Twratlrth Yur. sf-W ruiT lourth Vtir. . MKDFORli, 0REC10X; WEDXKSDAY, SEITEMIJKIt 9, 1925 NO. 14G CONTRACT I I OR STRUCTURE Portland Firm Lowest Bidders for General Construction Work at $1 16,660 Expect Work to Start October 1st and New Building to Be Completed in One Year. The, bldB for tho construction of the new high school and its healing, plumbing, electrical work and blauk boarda,, which vero opened last night by tho achoul board, totalled 9151. 181, far under the cutlmate of John Tourtellottc, architect for the build ing. "v-; . This leaves about 930.000 out of, the f 185,000 bond Issue, voted in out ha' ago for that -tructuro ' and wnicn sold at a premium, netting SI 91, 746.26. to be expended for furniture and other equipment, grading, walks and lawn. Work will be begun about October 1 on construction, and the building will bo completed and occupied with t he opening of the public schools , a year from this month. 1 No local contracture succeeded in -capturing any part of tho work inj the competitive bidding- I The ' successful bidders, which in each instance were the low eat, are as follows: i General construction Hedges & Hulls of Portland, $116,660. Heating Keyset & , Hclunidll of Itoseburg, $14,837. '.'.; Electrical W. If. Enifhick, Inc., of Portland. $4313.24.. Plumbing qturglB $ Bturgis of Portland. $r747. ' ;-'- ; : j BlackboardB Northwestern Furni ture Co. of Portland. $1U80. . -i , TlTe b'oard members' are much -ploaued ttU-Uift rHiilt ;pf thi-, bidding, us is Architect Tburtolotle, . nlthough the ' latter and board mombers rc-( grot tuat at least oonio of the con tract work did lint gu to local bid ders. . However, tho ni'chitectural firm of Tourtellottc & Humtnoll will have, as their local 'representative during the building work Frank Clark, the Medford architect, who has been collaborating with them since obtain ing the architectural contract: and tho school board has retained W. 1. Miller, well-known .local contractor as their Inspector and representative.) In addition. Mr. Hulls of Hedges & Hulls, which firm hus the con struction con t met, who was present last night, declared that In accord ance with the 84-Uool board's stipu- latfon his concern would gladly cm ploy local men as far as possible on the work and purchase local mate rials. Mr. Hulls held a meeting with the school board this noon to discuss the preliminary arrangement work for. the building. The contract will be ' signed up by the ,0ml of this week.' and the Hedges & Hulls bond of 60 per cent of the contract, placet! on file. ' . PORTLAND, oe., Bout. 9. Ono downtown barber shop today broko with the barbom' union and refused to adopt n new Bcale of pricea ad vancing cuts from fifty cents to 60 cents, and shaves from 25 to 35 cents. Tho new rates wero adopted under an agreement between tho master barbers and the barbra union this week. Non-union men woro em ployed In tho dissenting barber shop. .Master barbers, will meot tonight to eonsldor tho defection of this barbor shop from the agreement. Klnrt After Boet-lioppcr SA.V KRANL'lHCO President V. W Campbell told the University of California board of rcgenta that a conrorenco looking toward the exter mination of tho beol-hoppcr pest attacking sugar boot crops will be held In Hacramento Friday. HA I, KM. Ore., Sept. 9. Chief Jus eourttlre McBride of the stato su preme court said today that he had appointed Judge Percy R. Kelly of tho circuit court for Marlon and I.lnn counties to hoar the trial of E. I Elliott, former district nttorney of limath county who was Indicted by the grand Jury In connection with r the disposal of some sugar that was confiscated in liquor raid. Judge McBride said that Kelly JUDGE KELLY APPOINTED TO HEAR SENSATIONAL CASES IN KLAMATH Valentino's Plea of Heavy Losses Fails To Impress Court LOS ANOKLKM, Kept. . Ten thousand dollars of motion plctut-o which Hudolph Valcn- tlno told Judge Jonc1i Mar- chelll would be lost If he Ih forced to uppcni- I n court and answer a charge of speeding muy disappear forever but VhI- 4 entlno mUHt appeur and answer to the charge, that was, the. final 4 declHlon of tho Judgo. However. 4 Valentino may appeur during 4 the lunch hour and In costume ho that tho wheels of tlio studio 4 may be delayed ua Utile au pos- slble. ' V ' BECOMES El Oliver H. Wallop, Cowboy of Sheridan, Wyoming, Gains Seat in House of Lords On Death of Brother Will Continue As U S. Citizen. SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Sept. 0. (A. P.) Hritish nobility reached out to the wide open spaces last night for an heir to an earldom, and Oliver Henry Wallop, Wyoming rancher, erstwhile cowboy and .plahiHiiian of tho late 80'a. became tho Earl of Portsmouth, .ninety-ninth in the rank of nocrs below tho Prince of Wales. . and forty-third in tho house of lords. This now British peer, who heenmo an Amcrican.cltir.cn In 1906 and, who j succeeded to "thd" tltltfMhrough the death of his older brother. John Fel loes Wallop, Eurl of Portsmouth, In Ijondon, Monday night, will retain his oitlzenshlp und legal residonce in this country and plana to continue living oh his 3000 acre ranch near tiheridan after he assumes the title. lie announced this last night after learning of his succession. Tho new Karl of 'Portsmouth, when interviewed .by newspapermen, did not appear to regard his rise to tho British peerage as extraordinary and his' answer to queries about his de parture for Kngland ' to assumo the earldom was Hint he Intendod to merely visit his native land, bo in vested with the tltlo and then return to his cattle ranch near here. Portsmouth will havo n back ground of American legislative ex perience If he sits. In tho houso of lords, fur he served as a member of the Wyoming houso of representa tives from 1909 to 191 1. The new earl, ulthpugh he still re tains his British accent, looks the part of a western rancher tall, lean and bronzed. His appcaranco belies Ills ago of G3 yoars und his gray hair. Wuilop, after being educated at Ktun und Boliol college, Oxford, re ceiving his B. A. degree from tho lat ter Institution In 13, camo during the full of I SX3 to Cunadu on a hunt ing expedition. From thero ho wan dored to Wyoming to visit a colony of Kngllsbnien near Sheridan. He liked It and bought a smalt ranch. There ho raised horses, and during the Boer war he made a number of sales to the British government, llo later bought the 3000 aero ranch at Littlo Goose creek. Big Horn, Khpri dan county, whero ho hus sinco raised cattle. In 1897 ho man-led Miss Marguer ite Walker of Frankfort, Kentucky CATTLE RANCHER OF PORTSMOUTH and they had two children, Oorard n "iac, wasn. i no cupiuro was Vornon Wallop, 27, now living In effected by a deputy sheriff and a England, who by his father's sue deputy stale agent under tho dlrec cession to the earldom, gains tho J'"" ' State Agent l osklns. Seven tltlo of Lord Lymlngton. and Oliver teen oases of beer, gin and whiskey H. Wallop. Jr.. 30. who Is at present j seized, by the officers. living on his father's ranch. - Gerard was an officer In the British army during the World war. Wallop's ranch Is situated In the heart of a colony of former British subjects and although most of these settlers havo engaged for many y?ars In livestock ranching, they rotaln many of tho British customs tea in the afternoon and polo as a favorlto sport. WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. (A. P.) ("Continued on P riv would also hear a number of other rases of sensational nature and his rerollerllon Was that one of them will bo the trial of William 8. Le- vens, state prohibition commissioner who was Indicted by the Klsniatfi county grand Jury on a charge of larreny of a revolver. The appointment of Kelly was at the request of the circuit Judge at Klamath Kalis, who Is superseded in the case by Kelly. Where Some of Shenandoah Crew Landed Safely 1 '.. i : . 1 ' no i . m n i mlMmm M" i"1 .. ' - T The aft. section of tlic U. S. S. Sliciiantloali. In the field where It tmtlcri iicnr Ava. ., uftcr thu for ward section hnil Kpllt away In a slomi. ran-ybig ' fourlceii to Ucall". 5. P. WOODTRUCK, 2 MEN ARE HURT William Hummel and William Morgan , wero slightly injured this forenoon when a houvy truck owned by Morgan,, was struck by Southern Pacific . passenger train No. 13 at tho 1 1th street crossing nbuul 11 O'clOt'k."' , . J ' . '.';, -The Vuck"loadod' with wood, ;waa west bounds aa - It . approached H'o railroad crossing, and for somo rea son the -driver did not see the ap proaching train until It was almost upon him. Tho engine struck tho front wheel of. the truck, whirled TRAIN HITS it completely around, causing the' - . front end to strike u teluphone pole. I OAxr a jnv-,w?- . . n The injured men were promptly' SAN ANTOMO, Texas, Sept. 0 taken to the hospital, where Dr. C. ' (A. V.X- It the war department does T. Sweeney - dressed their- wounds, not like tho statements 1. made let Morgan suffering a severe gash over officials take any disciplinary action one eye. and other cuts on his face, they desire, court martial or no court whllo Rummel suffered a severe martial, but there will bo no Investi gash on his wrist und eye, nccessi- gatlon. no picas, no defense on my fating several stitches. Morgan also pHvt covering a question of that received two slightly fractured ribs kind." Colonel William M. Mitchell in addition to, a third ono ho had declared hero today answering a received several days befurc. Itnmo- quostlun as to what he Intended rio dlatcly after the wounda.wcrc dress- lug if prosecuted by-the war depart ed the Injured man went homo. mcnt for his statement of lust Salur- Accordlng to Morgan, tho truck day. was completely ruined, both tho body. "The Investigation that in needed is and mechanism. . At the tlmo of tho that of tho war -and navy depart accident he was hauling wood for.ments and their conduct In the dls- Ituinmel as a matter of accoinmoda- Hon. BOOZE CAR SEIZED PENDLETON, Ore, Sold. . An automobllo loud' of liquor was seized lute yoslordny uftcrnoon about Iwehe miles ' northwust of Pendletpn and thrco persons who were with the liquor car wore arrested. Tho trio, Mr. and Mrs. Hay Morgan and Tom Allen, gavo tliolr homo addresses as Wire Report on the Pear Market CIIICAOO, Sept. 9. Yesterday's pears: 14 California cars of pears arrived, Illinois 7, Now York 13, Ore gon 1, Washington 1, Michigan 2 by boat; 47 cars on track, including Lbrokon. California uartlotts, i"U' boxes, iz.iba t, mostly 12.uu to izi Oregon Hartintts, 39X0 boxes, $2.00(5 3.76, mostly fi.tO to 13.25. Wall Street Report NEW TTiRK, Sept. 9. Tho clos ing was eurfng.' Undiminished buy ing of the high priced rails, Includ ing Vjrfotk.and Western, Atchison New York Contral, Louisville nd Naahvlllo and Delaware' and. Hudson, bureaucrats In Washington It ought which rose t to 3 points, was ac-'to hurt them, becauso It' Is true, companled by a further upturn In1 When our ne crush In airplanes and the popular Industrials. Studcbaker are killed, It docs nut hurl them It was the featuro of tho lute trading, la all over with." . " mounting moro than three points to 1 'a new 1925 top price above 61.1 Waste In School ' Oenoral Railway Signal Jumped t) WASHINGTON Irregular .' school points, American Safoty Ifcsor 5 add attendance lt year, caused a waste American Can 4V4. Bales approxi- mated 1,4'0,000 shares. DISCIPLINE 15 WELCOMED BY coijpii Stormy Petrel of Air Service Declares Army Officials -.'. Should Take .Action Will Not TiyW &ad Responsi- ; bility fori Statements Wel comes An-Airing. 1 graceful- administration . of norouau lies," he added Although Colonel Mitchell was silent on the subject, fellow officers called attention to tho fact that Col. H. D. Scott of the Inspector gonornl's department Is stationed nt Kort Hum Houston. He outranks either Colonel Mitchell or Colonel George A. Nugent unsigned by the war department to Investigate Colonel Mitchell's state ment. Colonel Nugent of the inspector general's department In Washington Is a member of tho coast artillery corps. General Kcott Is not. They point out to that rivalry between the coast artillery tind tho air service is keener than between any , other two branches of tho service. . "Again I havo been asked to ex press my opinion ori the so-called disciplinary measures thut are being taken . in my caso by tho war depart ment," Colonel Mitchell said. "Ho far all I have to go-on are the news paper reports. It is entirely right and proper that an Investigation be made by the war department on any question involving military Jurlsdle tton. "Discipline Is n difficult thing to define. Home people call It the un hesitating obellence of junior to n superior officer. If, however, condi tions that obtain are not properly estimated by superior offlrers and If superior officers are not that In fact unit ontv In name, then tho discipline Coases because tho peoplo that are forced under such men rocognlzlng that they are Incompetent 'for Ihelr pysitions fail to have the trust and loyalty In them which should- bo bo case In any undertaking. "In time uf war. condltlnnsbavo to be met squarely, wllly-nllly. but In lime of peace, questions 6C great moment to the country must and will bo Investigated by all tho people of the country on their morhs, other wise wo would not huvo representa tive government. What I have said about conditions -of our-national defenso r hurts the oi vu.vvv,yuv, vr "" itlon estimates. STILL NO TRACE FOND 0FPN9 ES UKSTrtOYKR PAUL HAMILTON. uuoi u i.iv OKK HAWAIIAN 1KANIJS. Sept. 1). (A. P.) The first day's search of tho waters south of tho Hawaiian Islands f.. f .,i.rt ' r...v. w.i-v..... v...... JtM.lge.-S and .his 4. mv-of, four, .we who dropped from sight on a nun- stop uh'rule from San l.'ranclsco to HUNTCONTINU H ,"vWHns!'uJ , he viXr.Tth T' " J"'''" JHiol a revolver in Joyce s . J' ! -,?. V'K"""C0 of.tha "' !'' threatened ,a KIM l,l, unless stroycr squadron. . Iio oboyed liiKtiiictlons Tho man Working on the lee side or the .loyeo li.nl hulrlnnded rol.be.l him of Islands, I ho searching squadron wart hi. car. tho ;!7 50 In cash ho had about 300 miles t,m,i land last night. K1,v0d, ami a Kohl watch, valued nt ord stated "the Inclusion or 1Mb ike cruising so as to form a tight cordon $15. Ho then pitched Joyce out of 'Z a national park precludes he around tho area where tho Ill-fated tlio car on his head and drove the R"a?e Vom having anv controT over seaplane Is believed 9 .have dropped cr southward. ' Z tUMnKol game LXny into tho sea moto than a week ago. Joyce walked on Into Cottage Orovo fi.h Z .m.- lndlcutlons are tliat little hopes 1st that the plane will bo found on exist the windward side of the islands, so double attention will bo given to tho leuwurd side. - . E ' SALICM, Ore.. Kept. 9 Governor Pierce today received n loiter from Klwood Meade, commissioner of tlio United Status reclamation service, de manding an inmwf r from tho governor as to what he Is going to do about rm Springs rocla. lo. The governor letter public and stato aid ror the Wa mat Ion project at Vulo. would not make the letter pu Bitld ho would not do so until he pro pnres his answer. Thu governor would not Indlcntn what the nutura ot his decision will bo. In rettirn ror rodoral aid tho recla mation service demands thut the stato ox tend credit to settlors. World Series Games to Be Broadcasted By Radio This Year ' CHICAflO. Sept. . (A. P.) The worM ' series championship ganiei will bo rodlm-ast play by piny by station WIX and the t.'hlrngo Kvenlltg Post, In Co- operation with The Associated T rress. it. i. ,iiic-iinriis, . raoio editor or Hie Post will assist In nnnoiinelng. ' - . Whatever cities the world series games may bo plnyed In. Tlie Assoi-liitrd Press report tele- graphed from 'lhe field for the first tltno wltl be made available lo Its members lor broadcasting under certain conditions. . ; Motorboat Burns. SAN PKDKO, Cal., Seiit. !!. (A. IM Tho motor rishlng bout Curies biirnod lo the waters nilgn and sank in inn wnim n outsit mm sunn miles outside tho breakwater hero last night and Its solo occupant escaped, severely burned, In a dory, The loss was cstimsted at 1 1 GOO, . .. Hunk tloivily Scouting Senttlo, HEATTLH. Bent. 9. (A. P.) lank tlowily, former Hoston Uravo eatehei', Is expei-ted here today on n -tnents in the next decade alone which scouting expedition ror the New Yorntotul almost one billion dollars; or one CI In n is. Dead Man' Comes to Life When Patrol Wagon Hits Bump . VAXCOUVKII. H. ('. Sept. 9. Piilico picked uit the apparently lifeless body of T. W. Ncsblt, and i after the usual methods of resus- 4 citation had failed, loaded the body into u patrol waaon and started for tho inoritue. The vehicle struck n hump and Nes- bit camo to lil'u. IS HELD UP BY HE David JoyCC, JUSt Out Of HOS - pital, Robbed By Man Near r ' 1 EX-WAR VETERAN MAN AIDED Eugene, Who Claimed to Be.rn . , . . DUUdy LOSCS Car antJ Year's Savings. KUCRKIS, Ore.. Sept. !. Hecauso of the trust ho placed in tt buddy whom. uo oenoveu o ue a veteran oi tuo world war, David C. Joyce, recently or the tnited fetates Votnrana hos-1 clirrord declared that "tile people or pltul at l oise. Idaho. Is In ( ottago Oregon are opposed to any further ,nivo wilhout money and with prac- encroachment by the federal govern tlraliy nil his property stolen.- ' ment on our game control." lie had been in the hospil.-i al ..Wo lhat tho rlat g mucn l!..lso since the days of the war, tal, ng bettor able to regulate those things treatment there I In failed to Im- than thoy are , Washington." he said, prove, hownvor, and out or his com- rrhe atton1lt to mt through congress lionsutlon ho saved onough o buy hhn- Hle Uko aml larney counties Baino self a secoml hand ear lie s sited roxlga ,. an(, then tllrn the manage. for California, hoping that a clianno mout of tho retreat over t0 the ,orc,. ui . , li s I rlii was uneven tru uiiLII t hroa 'miles north vf Hugene. when he ulcked MP a hiker along the highway. In r-HKenu thejr ate, and Joyce paid ror b"th'. Ho, wanted to stay In Kugono ,,nt. ii.ft ii lirltr lilil Ilia pniiihnnliin Whose fl,ue Joyce, nova lenVnort " Ii 88tml that tl.ev .lrlvo on: - j v South of lOugono tho unknown nnd was practically exhausted when ho ronched there. He notified tho orrlcers. who aru seoltlng a trace or of stocking It by the work of the Ore the highwayman. , , . . , gon fish and game commission. no luiiiiory in:uoiieii msi uvuiiuiH hotweon 8:30 and I) o'clock. The robhor- Is dressed in light wool trousers, a dark cout. a dark blue shirt and a light can. Ho Is about , ,BB A Jnclloa .'" 'IS Kl,t "V1 Welgh.'' """J!!,,1 0 ,,,0."n,',1"-, T1'o stolon car Is " 192lmo,l(!l "?'lKe co,"' wl,l,'lvo, now CTC cord tiros. ' ' BASEBALL SCORES American League. 'IIII,AIII0I,I'IIIA. Sont. . (A. P) -The Philadelphia Athletics got an "v.f,n ,l'l,.kI ,n Ul? foK"" 8""o wl" W"ington by winning a alug- lH 1 7" ? . . """'n,,y ",lc"8 tlio Senatoi'H' lend to seven Karnes. II. II. E. Washington 7 13 1 Philadelphia IB 1 iitehnry, llussnll, llallou and Sovo rnld; Walberg. Ilaumgartnnr, Groves, Iloiiimel and Perkins, Coclirnno. At Hnslon H. H. E. Now York 4 llostou B H. Johnson and DengoiiKh Held mill lllschoff. Wing- National League. At Pittsburg . IL Chicago !) Pittsburg :., 7 H. K. I? 2 1.1 4 Kalirmann nnd Hlirtllott, llon.llles; Kromor, Adams, Morrison nnd Smith, ' t'ook Amsii'tl at Ijast .ItO.M K John Tm-nowskl. u cook, for 20 years tin ec-i-leslastlcal Impos ter, has been arrested at last. A pol llshed MiiKUlHt he flrerpil churchmen t various communities by pretending no wnH l( prpito, I - "COMMON PEOPIE" MPROVEMENTS CHICAGO, finpt. (A, P.) Tho democracy, tho modern kings or Alnnrlrun voters aoend lor their linli J"" " "l"""'"""' ni.i" Aln"rl" "t"',. Ini lor their puns . rn,Br running expenses of !lc I'nprovements sums vastly larger tliun the kings or old lavished nn their iShow places, public and' private. Louis XIV or 1'ninco spent a sum ostlmntud at II 00.000,000 on Versailles. Klfteon inldwostern cities hava an- nouneed plans ror public lln prove- dollar for cxi-ry 10 cents o( the French niAiuinNn i uinmunu l, INCLUSION IN PARKFOUGHT Capt. Burghduff and H. H. Clifford Urge Senators to Give Diamond Lake to State of Oregon Mather Attack ed for Effort to Get Lake Into National Parks. POItTLAND, Ore.) Sept. ".'Oppos ing Ititorferonce by the federal govern ment U'ltl, ,,,, Mnlml nP fl-h n.wl Kame was voiced before tho Unltod States Honuto public lands sub-corn- .n""8 nere at ontmuation of me . hearing on the question of the use of the public domain.. was also made that Dla- mond lake, which Ib In the . Umpqua national forest, should be given to the I state or uregon, , and should not be 'made a part of Crater lake national , I'ark. 14 14. Clifford of Canyon City, cliair- ,. .... ,. ,ii.i and A. K. Hurghduff, formor slate game wa,.(iell) both expressed their , vimv try buroau was opposed by evory true .................. i ..'A " "' T...1" J..,..,' when the bill was dorentetl the state rormod an 800,0110 acre reserve protec-' t,on fol. BllKB non(t and antelonB .. .. ... K Zt MK T ai'e opVTrt S ' " area and that there I. a -oern v '. aJl,1Xi?Ht', ,ge hen , beln(? exterminated, al- tlloimll flve yeBr closod g9as0n on these birds has hnnn declared negal!,Hng Diamond lake which Is ,."V..?zJ'.,c,Li.' ow It l;tho finest riahlnz inko In o n. m h.' i.li!thS.rt w S . Great for Etta Taklna. "It la the greatest egg taking body: nf w,., ,h. ,,. rt .i,i h KB1)l by the state for this purpose, Throgh egKs chieHy secured in this Inke Oregon now has more fish In Its ,akeB and BtreamB than when the white man first came to this country. "Oregon hsB the most effective fish and game laws or any western state. Our deer are on the Increase we have a very abundant supply. - The game .law violations In Oregon are down to la minimum, the neonle realising that our wild animal lite Is one' of our greatest assets ror tourists and ror . our own sportsmen." - - -Clirrord opposed the"' ornstloti, of more national parks and declared it Is "not necessary" ror the I redoral gl,ornlnent to a,d the state. lp the . matter of wild life protection sav. In casea or migratory oirus. , ; ' Biieaklng as a Grant county tancher ho opposed the forest service getting control or any more lands nt the ex pense or the cattle Industry. He thinks the proponed new law for leas- ing grazing lands should contain a clause that will protect tlio wild llfo nn lliaoA lan.ld . ' I I ' Burghduff speaking, he said, or the sportsmen or the stato, denounced the proposal to make the Diamond lako district a part or Crator lake national park. Ha Hntnllnrl the hlstni-v ' nt f'nh I planting In Diamond lake and said that now some 20.noo.000 rainbow trnnt aim valiiad bt tAli OWI sra-tuken Ifrnm Ilia Inlto nnnnallv. This number. he said, was enough to keen stocked every lako ant) stream In tho entire national forest groups In this state. t mather is Attacked. , Burghduff stated that there,, at-fl,,, very few lakes In the Cascades ibaV, ,,, can be used ror spawning puriiosiis. .,, fContlnued on Page Flve SPENDING MORE ON THAN KINGS OF OLD king. Kievon of those rltles have records or spending 154,000,000 on such Improvements In the last decade city governments annually In 15 or them aro f lirt.OOO.QOO, or more than the great Louis sclent on Ills major undertaking. The rive cities with definitely an nounced Improvement plans lor tlio coming docade are: Dotrolt. 1:163,000,- 000; Chicago, (350,000,000; Cleveland nnd Kansas City. (40,000,000 each; St . Louis, (85,000,000. ,